Obama's Mental Rigidity Is Dangerous

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American Thinker:

August 3, 2015

Obama's Mental Rigidity Is Dangerous

 

By James Lewis

It was Plato who wrote that "the ability to keep two opposite ideas in mind is a sign of the civilized mind."

 

Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle were all about spirited dialogue. That is why the Greeks of the Golden Age discovered so many basic things that still shape our lives, all in a very short time, five centuries BCE. To discover new things, you have to wonder about different possibilities. Open dialogue is the magic ingredient for science, the arts and humanities, business, finance, and technology.

 

Obama is the anti-Plato.

 

Obama can't stand open dialogue. He begins by making up his mind with rigid determination, and then works to destroy anybody who disagrees. He operates by fear, not dialogue.